Who's getting sick?
As Ontario tries to keep a resurgence of COVID-19 cases under control, new data from Public Health Ontario paints the most detailed picture yet of breakthrough cases. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
As Ontario tries to keep a resurgence of COVID-19 cases under control, new data from Public Health Ontario paints the most detailed picture yet of breakthrough cases. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Public Health Ontario's new report shows the majority of vaccinated people who need hospital care are adults over the age of 60, with the highest proportion in their 80s. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… 
Experts say the findings underscore that vaccines are working well to prevent infections and hospitalizations. But they also support opening up third doses to more older adults, and highlight why masking is still critical at this stage of the pandemic. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Third doses have been opened up widely in the U.S. and Israel, but in Ontario only a few groups qualify, including health workers, those 70 and up, people who got two doses of AstraZeneca or one of J & J and First Nations, Inuit and Métis adults. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Based on this and data from other parts of the world, “it would make sense to expand third dose eligibility to the 50-year-old age cohort and up," said infectious disease expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“The take-home message is that the COVID-19 vaccines ... are highly effective at protecting against infection, and particularly effective at protecting against serious outcomes,” Public Health Ontario's Dr. Sarah Wilson told the Star. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
As of Nov. 14, unvaccinated individuals made up 91% of COVID cases in Ontario, with breakthrough infections accounting for 3.8% of cases. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“The message that is distilled from this report should not be one of nihilism, that vaccines just don’t work well enough,” said infectious diseases specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy. “The vaccines work very well, but they have their limitations.” thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
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